podiceps cristatus

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   large Old World grebe with black ear tufts

   Synonymsgreat crested grebe

   Broadergrebe

Questions about podiceps cristatus

What does podiceps cristatus mean?

podiceps cristatus means "large Old World grebe with black ear tufts".

What is another word for podiceps cristatus?

Close synonyms include great crested grebe. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is podiceps cristatus a common word?

podiceps cristatus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.